'.0 ILL USTR ATI ON E S F L K E AT L V N T I C .E ( uumu G. barratte ). 



TABULA 122. 



ASTRAGALUS GOMBO Coss. et DR. 



I. Gombo Coss. et DR. ap. Bal. /'/. Alg. ea-.i. [i852], et ap. Coss. Voy. l>ot. Alg. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. /i , I, q.Io,; Coss. c| 

 Kral.in Bull.Soc. bot. IV [1867], i36; Bge Astr. Clav. diagn. &a ct Enum. 63 n. 371; Batt. e( Trab. /7. Alg. 361. — 

 Exs. liallcr. in Bal. M/j. 5io, Bal. f)3G. kral. in Bourg. 2226, Clioul. ser. 2, 34, Par. 53, Balt. el Trab. 'i3i. 



(t Planta perennis, ca?spitosa, soepissime niulticaulis, caudicc pluricipite in radicem fusiformem 

 abeunte. Caules saepius 5-io decini. longi, crassi, dccumbentes vel difTusi, inferne indurato-suf- 

 frutescentes plus ininus arena immcrsi et petiolis subpersistentibus pra-diti. pube hrcri densissima 

 cano-subtomenlosi. Folia 2o-3o-juj>(t, nonnunquam 2 decim. longa, petioh piloso vel cano- 

 pubescente demum indurato-subpersistenle, foliolis ovato-suborbiculalis, supra glabrescentibus , 

 subtus [)iloso-birtis aul utrinque pubescenti- vel \illoso-pannosis. Siipuhc tcnuiter membranaceae, 

 pallide virentes, cito emarcidie, triangulares acuminatai, ciliato-pilosa 1 . peliolo vixadnatte, inter se 

 lihrnr. Flores m raccmos axdlarcs 3-y-floros laxiusculos subscssilcs foliis multoties breviores dis- 

 l>nsiti, breviler pedicellali, creclo-patcntcs,bibracteolati,bracteis membranaceis lineari-lanceolatis 

 ciliato-pilosis pedicello subduplo longioribus, bracteolis linearibus calyce multoties brevioribus. 

 Galyx 10-1 5 miilim. longus, mcmbranaceus,pallide luleolo-viresccns, pubcsccnti-pilosus dcinum 

 glabrescens, marcescens fissus et ad basim fructus subpersistens, tubo tubuloso-campanulato, 

 dentibus tubum subdimidium aequantibus, superioribus lanceolatis, inferioribus lineari-ianceo- 

 latis. Coroila calycc duplo longior, lulca, vexillo ovatobasi attenuato apice subemarjjinato alis \i\ 

 longiore, alis oblongo-linearibus, obtusiusculis, carina obtusa longioribus. Legumen ?>-h centim. 

 longum, crassum, pube brcvi densissima cano-subtomentosum, fructum Ilibisci esculenti (vulgo apud 

 Arabes Gombo, unde speciei nomen) refcrens, oblongo-lanceolatum vcl oblongum teretiusculum a 

 latere compressiusculum, rectiusculum, dorso subarcualum, cpicarpio crasso suberoso elevato irregula- 

 riterque costato, costis flexuosis saepius anaslomosantibus, sutura dorsali introflexa exacte bilo- 

 culare, apicc sensim vel abrupte rostratum, roslro rcclo valido pungente. Semina 1 0-1 5 , rcnilor- 

 mia, compressa, nonnunquam pressione mutua deformata, subopaca, punetato-subscrobieuiata.r 



(Coss. et Kral. in Bull. Soc. bot.) 1L. Mait.-Nov. 



In |>;isniis arenosis aridis, in aggeribus arenns moliilis, in alluviis et alveis Planitieruni excelsaruni el rejjionis Saliarensis . 

 \i\ ar ne \i\ regionis Mediterraneae ri\is. — Med. 0' : inler Mascara ct Cachrou (War.). — Plan. (V -. MeUa (Reb.). 

 \" : inter Aumale <•! BouSaada (herb. DK.), in dilione Zahresl ((!u\.), Mesranl, Ain-el-lbel (Lx), Sidi-Makhelouf(f{tb.), 

 Grar-el-Ahmral. - 0' : Enfous (Clary), Khadrat, El-Mactal, Kliniic/r El-Melah! , Bou-Alem!; Cholt ElrChergui! (Bal.), 

 Kheiderl ; Ain-ben-KheliU , Taousseral , Leuntbahl. — Sah. (',' : inter Negrin el Besseriani; Mdoukal; Biskra el Montagne 

 <!<■ eable, Mguebra, Oum-el-Thiour, Sidi-Stitnan, El-Ouibed, l)j. hicf, Mouia-el-Caid , Guemar, El-Oued, Bereeof, etc 

 \ : BourSaada; Messad, Laghouat el in valle Oued \l:i, hsur El-Airan, Mguitla, Guerrara, Ghardaia, l.l- Iteuf, Dtebai, 

 llassi El-Djouad, Vgoussa . Ilassi Taincs/ruiiln ; 111 vnlle (hicil \cimirat, Mcllili , llir llcr/jaoui , elr. - (V : Mguerehi . El-Arch, 

 llir El llnlichi (Par.)j Brezinal; Arba-Foukani, Arba-Tahtani, BouSemghounlYfBT.), inter lelaet Tyoul!, Tuoull, linrSefral 

 1 li.iii. et Trab.), [in-Sefissi/al, inter Avn-Sefra el iin-el-Hadjadj (Bonn. el Manry). — tun. [n Tunelia media el anatrali 

 l//i Cheriehira el ad orientem Oued Cherichira, ad meridiem Kairouan (Miss. i883), Goudiat Et-AUa ^J. Reb. |, OuedZitouna 

 < Li miss. i884 |, Feriana 1 Rob.), Gafea (Doum. , J. Reb., Rob.); Sfaa \ Eap., Kral., Donm.), in valle Oued Bateha (Ooum. ei 

 Bonn. iniss. [884 1. insnla Djerba ad Houmt- Souk (Kral., Donm. el Bonn. miss. 1 884 |, Dout, Bou-Kharouf(Lx mw». 1887). 

 — mar. Sebkha Tigri, <>/;l<i Mazar, Ogta Vousea, Souf-el-Keeser, Tcnici Moneejfer, Toumiet, inter Tommiet <i Figuig 

 w.n 1, inler Sebkha Tigri el iin-Chair (Seign. |. 



In dilione Touareg, ad lui El-Hadjadj (Guiard). 



